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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV

April 27, 20114 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 10:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 49 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2011, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 27, 11:10 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Shady Spring, WV
Apr 27, 11:11 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Ghent, WV
Apr 27, 11:13 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	2 N Flat Top, WV
Apr 27, 11:16 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Cool Ridge, WV

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

257 
WUUS51 KRLX 280256
SVRRLX
WVC019-047-081-109-280345-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0113.110428T0256Z-110428T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1056 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BABCOCK STATE PARK...
  EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BECKLEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1048 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  NORTHFORK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELCH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  65 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MULLENS...COAL CITY...SOPHIA...CRAB ORCHARD...MACARTHUR...DRY
  CREEK...MABSCOTT...BEAVER...DANIELS...SHADY SPRING...PROSPERITY...
  STANAFORD AND PINEY VIEW.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 137...THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 28 AND 47.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3744 8152 3814 8097 3805 8081 3799 8077
      3794 8080 3786 8075 3782 8093 3777 8089
      3774 8092 3768 8087 3767 8091 3771 8095
      3764 8106 3760 8107 3757 8119 3751 8121
      3746 8130 3742 8128 3741 8131 3732 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 224DEG 57KT 3746 8133

$$

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4 follow-up statements

690 
WWUS51 KRLX 280309
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1109 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

WVC047-280319-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110428T0345Z/
MCDOWELL WV-
1109 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3745 8131 3747 8133 3760 8140 3814 8097
      3805 8081 3799 8077 3794 8080 3786 8075
      3782 8093 3777 8089 3774 8092 3768 8087
      3767 8091 3771 8095 3764 8106 3760 8107
      3757 8119 3751 8121 3746 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 224DEG 57KT 3761 8115

$$

WVC019-081-109-280345-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110428T0345Z/
RALEIGH WV-FAYETTE WV-WYOMING WV-
1109 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING...EASTERN FAYETTE AND EASTERN RALEIGH
COUNTIES...

AT 1107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR JOSEPHINE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMP CREEK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GHENT...CRAB ORCHARD...MACARTHUR...DRY CREEK...MABSCOTT...BEAVER...
DANIELS...SHADY SPRING...BECKLEY...PROSPERITY...STANAFORD...PINEY
VIEW...THURMOND...MEADOW BRIDGE AND BABCOCK STATE PARK

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 137...THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 28 AND 47.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3745 8131 3747 8133 3760 8140 3814 8097
      3805 8081 3799 8077 3794 8080 3786 8075
      3782 8093 3777 8089 3774 8092 3768 8087
      3767 8091 3771 8095 3764 8106 3760 8107
      3757 8119 3751 8121 3746 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 224DEG 57KT 3761 8115

$$

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486 
WWUS51 KRLX 280317
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1117 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

WVC109-280327-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110428T0345Z/
WYOMING WV-
1117 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3757 8119 3779 8121 3814 8097 3805 8081
      3799 8077 3794 8080 3786 8075 3782 8093
      3777 8089 3774 8092 3768 8087 3767 8091
      3771 8095 3764 8106 3760 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 224DEG 57KT 3770 8104

$$

WVC019-081-280345-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110428T0345Z/
RALEIGH WV-FAYETTE WV-
1117 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN FAYETTE AND EASTERN RALEIGH COUNTIES...

AT 1116 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHADY SPRING...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
HINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STANAFORD...PINEY VIEW...THURMOND...MEADOW BRIDGE AND BABCOCK STATE
PARK

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 137...THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 28 AND 41.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3757 8119 3779 8121 3814 8097 3805 8081
      3799 8077 3794 8080 3786 8075 3782 8093
      3777 8089 3774 8092 3768 8087 3767 8091
      3771 8095 3764 8106 3760 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 224DEG 57KT 3770 8104

$$

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301 
WWUS51 KRLX 280329
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1129 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

WVC019-081-280345-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110428T0345Z/
RALEIGH WV-FAYETTE WV-
1129 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN FAYETTE AND EAST CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTIES...

AT 1125 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEADOW BRIDGE...OR
NEAR SANDSTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BABCOCK
STATE PARK

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 129 AND 137.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3767 8101 3773 8104 3778 8107 3814 8097
      3805 8081 3799 8077 3794 8080 3786 8075
      3782 8093 3777 8089 3774 8092 3768 8087
      3767 8091 3771 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 224DEG 57KT 3784 8087

$$

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688 
WWUS51 KRLX 280344
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1144 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

WVC019-081-280354-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110428T0345Z/
RALEIGH WV-FAYETTE WV-
1144 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FAYETTE AND EAST
CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM EDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 129 AND 137.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3767 8101 3773 8104 3778 8107 3814 8097
      3805 8081 3799 8077 3794 8080 3786 8075
      3782 8093 3777 8089 3774 8092 3768 8087
      3767 8091 3771 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 224DEG 57KT 3801 8066

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	52 min
Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming	60 min
Apr 27, 9:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more	111 min
Apr 27, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	37 min
Apr 27, 10:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	37 min
Apr 27, 10:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	32 min
Apr 27, 10:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster	41 min
Apr 27, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	60 min
Apr 27, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	55 min
Apr 28, 12:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 7 more	3 hr
Apr 28, 12:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	43 min
Apr 28, 12:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Lewis, Nicholas and 6 more	3 hr
Apr 28, 3:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	3 hr
Apr 28, 5:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph and 3 more	106 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.